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U, u

DOI:
10.1111/b.9780631214816.1999.x

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/ju:/ The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet derives from Semitic wāv through Greek upsilon (Y, v ). Etruscan had its own letter for the same sound, a more pointed V , which came to be used in Latin interchangeably with U. A clear differentiation of the two only developed in medieval Latin. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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